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PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… the city of Cape Town, Bellville was originally called 12 Mile Stone. It was originally founded as a railway station …
PlaceFort Wynyard
… Battery, but after the outbreak it was rearmed on April 12, 1861. The Kijk-in-de-pot battery was improved in 1862 and …
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 October 1973. For the past 300 years royalty and captains …
PlaceGeorge Division
… 10,086 residents, of whom 3,780 were literate 1904 census: 12,667 residents, of whom 5,716 were literate …
EventSpringboks beat New Zealand in Rugby Wold Cup final match
… shown by the All Blacks, the final score was 15-12 in favour of South Africa. The South African President, …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… was staged at Labia Theatre, Cape Town on the evening of 12 February 1962. Fugard's play "The Blood Knot" was … non, (1961) ' BloodKnot 1961' from The Legacy…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… film by Enver Samuel in 2015. Finally, on October 12 2017, a South African court ruled that Timol's death had …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… Ivory Trade ', from the National Public Radio (NPR) News,12 November, [online], Available at www.npr.org [Accessed: 16 October 2013] |Center for…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… On 12 October 1780 Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief was born at … gelofteland," 12 NOVEMBER 1780: PIET RETIEF "From: gelofteland … ,[Online],Available at:…
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… Camp,the Kruger National Park. The young Swart was guiding 12 visitors when the incident occurred. The animal mauled …
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… prisons for drug related crimes. In the early hours of 12 December 2011, Linden was executed by lethal injection. In … Independent Online , (2011), ‘SA Woman…
Draft constitution of the ANC
Report of the working group under paragraph three of the Pretoria Minute 1. The Working Group was established under paragraph 3 of the Pretoria Minute, which…
23. Durban merchants plead for Sunday trading
… were submitted to the Durban Corporation, on 9 and 12 October 1866 respectively. The first, addressed to the …
Mzimhlophe /Qhudeni
… The Qhudeni project area accounts for approximately 12% of Nquthu Municipal land. The total population of the …
ANC statement on the high court`s ruling against IT, 29 October 1998
The ANC has noted with disappointment the verdict of the High Court - Cape Division on the case between itself and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. …
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… Najma Nuriddin and Kurt Otabenga Orderson. When: Tuesday 16 June (it's a PUBLIC HOLIDAY!!) Time: 6.30pm Where: The …
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… first group of Indian workers arrived in Durban harbour on 16 November 1860 aboard the ship “Truro”. British farmers …
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… flights to the public. The dates of 6 June 1911 and 16 June 1911 are respectively given in two other sources for …
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… Tito Mboweni was born on 16 March 1959, in Tzaneen Limpopo. After completing his high …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… 19 October 1977 for their role in the resistance and the 16 June 1976 uprisings. The organisation sought to apply the …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… suicide by hanging in the Krugersdorp police cells on 16 November 1977. Another document gives the date of his …
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… There he set the world record time for the event, at 2.16.0. South Africa's isolation from international competition …
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… the first manned mission to land on the Moon. Launched on 16 July 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, …
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… inflamed the acrimony aganist the tour was that the 16 England players who went on the tour received financial …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… directed at the Apartheid regime especially after the June 16 Uprisings in Soweto . At the time of his death, Qoboza was …
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… the South African War(Anglo-Boer War II, 1899-1902). On 16 February 1898, the first regular freight service began. …
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land ownership dispute. On 16 May 1876, the Volksraad of the South African Republic …
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… Director-in Chief of the Ross Institute until his death in 16 September 1932. …
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… Following the 16 June 1976 Soweto protest and the killing and injuring of …